Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

benefit (n): a helpful or good effect, or something intended to help
利益，好处；优势
The discovery of oil brought many benefits to the town.
石油的发现给该镇带来很多利益。
One of the many benefits of foreign travel is learning how to cope with the unexpected.
学会如何应付突发事件是海外旅游的众多益处之一。
He’s had the benefit of expensive education and yet he continues to work as a waiter.
他接受过昂贵的教育，但却继续做一名服务员。
I didn’t get/derive (much) benefit from school.
我没从学校学到（多少）东西。

a friend with benefits (n): a friend with whom you also have a sexual relationship
性伴侣，炮友
They’re not a couple – I guess you’d describe them as friends with benefits.
他们不是一对儿，我猜你会以为他们是炮友。

choir (n): a group of people who sing together
合唱队；（尤指教堂的）唱诗班
He sings in the church choir.
他在教堂唱诗班唱歌。
choir practice
合唱队的练习

I glued the photos

morgue(n): a building, or a room in a hospital, etc. where dead bodies are kept before they are sent to be buried or burned, sometimes so that they can be examined
太平间，停尸房

urethra (n): the tube in most mammals that carries urine from the bladder out of the body. In males it also carries semen.
尿道

morgue-/mɔːrɡ/